Superhero cinematic

Eleanor Ross

Warner Bros. – Supergirl

Warner Bros. – Supergirl

Client

Eleanor Ross

Year

2025

Role

Unit Photographer

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Timeline

9 weeks · Apr–Jun 2025

Services

Key Art, On-set Coverage, Colour Grading

Key art and behind-the-scenes coverage for a tentpole release. The brief asked for scale without spectacle, so we kept the frames wide, the contrast hard and the palette almost monochrome.

This was a nine-week attachment across two stages and one exterior backlot. The remit was key art plus daily unit stills, which meant working inside a live camera department without adding a single light of our own.

On set

  • Two bodies, 35mm and 85mm, no flash on stage

  • Same-day selects delivered to the studio each evening

  • Grade matched to the feature LUT for continuity

The frames that made the campaign were almost all rehearsal frames — the moments before the take, when the crew is still moving and the light is being tested rather than performed.

Selected Frames

Stage 4, lighting pre-vis

Stage 4, lighting pre-vis

Camera department, block rehearsal

Camera department, block rehearsal

Smoke and a single source

Smoke and a single source

Credits

Studio: Warner Bros. · Director: Eleanor Ross · Gaffer: M. Okafor · Grade: Rift Colour

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